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package java.net;


/**
 * The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by
 * Authenticator.  It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.
 *
 * @author Bill Foote
 * @see java.net.Authenticator
 * @see java.net.Authenticator#getPasswordAuthentication()
 * @since 1.2
 */

public final class PasswordAuthentication {

  private String userName;
  private char[] password;

  /**
   * Creates a new {@code PasswordAuthentication} object from the given
   * user name and password.
   *
   * <p> Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in
   * the new {@code PasswordAuthentication} object.
   *
   * @param userName the user name
   * @param password the user's password
   */
  public PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password) {
    this.userName = userName;
    this.password = password.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the user name.
   *
   * @return the user name
   */
  public String getUserName() {
    return userName;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the user password.
   *
   * <p> Note that this method returns a reference to the password. It is
   * the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after
   * it is no longer needed.
   *
   * @return the password
   */
  public char[] getPassword() {
    return password;
  }
}
